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Gustav Vasa
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Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I
, born
Gustav Eriksson
of the
Vasa
noble family
and later known as
Gustav Vasa
(12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was
King of Sweden
from 1523 until his 1560 death, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (
Riksföreståndare
) from 1521, during the ongoing
Swedish War of Liberation
against King
Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
. Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the
Stockholm Bloodbath
, in which his father perished. Gustav's election as King on 6 June 1523 and his triumphant
entry into Stockholm
eleven days later meant the end of
Medieval Sweden
's
elective monarchy
and the
Kalmar Union
, and the birth of a
hereditary monarchy
under the
House of Vasa
and its successors, including the current
House of Bernadotte
.
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